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The Brood

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The Dancing Bees
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Ayoung chick just hatching from the egg is undeveloped in some respects, but on the whole it resembles its parents, and like these it has legs and wings, eyes and beak, etc. Out of the bee’s egg, on the other hand, a little white grub emerges which shows not the slightest resemblance to its mother, having neither head, eyes, wings, nor even legs.

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von Frisch, K. (1954). The Brood. In: The Dancing Bees. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-4697-2_4

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